It's good for the baby turtles as long as it's floating but not when piled up at the beach a coating the shore line. In that case, the babies can't make it to water and they die or are picked off.
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Does anyone KNOW if the sargassum beaches had a positive affect on turtles? The sex of the turtle is determined by incubation temperatures.
From oceanservice NOAA :
"The temperature of the developing eggs is what decides whether the offspring will be male or female. This is called temperature-dependent sex determination, or TSD. Research shows that if a turtle's eggs incubate below 81.86 Fahrenheit , the turtle hatchlings will be male."
So did sargassum insulate and raise the temp of incubation? I hope so.
It's good for the baby turtles as long as it's floating but not when piled up at the beach a coating the shore line. In that case, the babies can't make it to water and they die or are picked off.